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BARRE'LING PARAPPIN, v6m. Y

' No. 530,746. Patented Dec. 11, 1.894.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES CLINTON BURKE, oF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 530,746, dated December 11, 1894. Apparaat eta acaba 1a, 1894. stati No: 5.55.878- (No masi.)

.Toall whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES CLINTON BURKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Bari-cling Paran and Similar Materials, of which the following is a specification.

The cakes of paraffin wax as they come from the press are usually ground and packed into barrels, such as sugar barrels that are slack or not adapted to hold a liquid. In doing this it is necessary to remove one of the heads, and the paraffin so introduced is not solid and a larger amount of such para'in could be introduced into the barrel 'if in a melted condition, but in consequence of` the barrel not being tight the melted paraffin is liable to run through the interstices, and .this has rendered it necessary heretofore to make use of more expensive and tight barrels where the paraffin is run into the same in a melted con dition. I V

In some instances I have run paraffin wax in a melted condition into barrels that are not tight and moved the barrel to cause the melted paraffin to iow around and adhere to the interior of the barrel and coat the same and close any interstices before the melted parafln is run into the barrel, for filling the same, but this involves the necessity of manipulating the barrel and is not always reliable.

My improvement relates to a method of reducing the temperature of the paran to the crystallizing point or nearly so before running the melted paraffin into the barrel in order that the paraffin may congeal with sufficient rapidity to prevent it running through any crevices in the barrel and thereby allowing for the use of less expensive barrels than has heretofore been necessary, and also introducing into such barrel as large a weight of paraffin as the same is capable of holding.

In the drawings, Figure l isa general elel vation illustrating the apparatus made use of by me. Fig. 2 is a cross section of the pipe for supplying melted paraffin, on a larger scale.

The paraffin or similar material in a melted condition is supplied into 4a suitable tank B in any desired manner, and from this tank such melted wax passes by a pipe and cock 2 tothe horizontal pipe F which is preferably of a sufficient siz'e for the pipe C topass through it, and this pipe C is to be heated by steam or cooled by water or other material according to the condition of the paraftln, and should the paraffin become congealed in the pipe F, steam introduced throughthis pipe C can be made use of to melt or thaw out such paraffin, and the end'of the pipe F is closed around the pipe C bysuitable stuif-l ing boxes at 3 and valves may be made use of as at 4, to allow the melted paraffin to pass away when it is desired to empty the tank B without allowing the melted wax to pass to the barrels, as next described.

, The pipe F is of sufficient length to receive the hanging nipples and cocks D which may be opened and closed more or less at pleasure and advantageously by rods 5 extending to near the floor, so as to be operated by the attendant, and the stream of melted paraffin is directed from each cock upon a spreader 7, so that the parafn falls in drops or in a thin sheet from the lower edge of such spreader 7. The barrels L rest upon any suitable floor or platform K which may be raised or lowered if desired, and I prefer to stand such barrels upon their heads, so that the filling operation may take place from the upper end or head of each barrel, andthe melted paraftln is directed by the funnels ortroughs M to the openings in the barrel at which movable tunnels N are advantageously applied. Y

The distance between' the cocks D and the funnels M is to be sucient for the para'in to be chilled as it falls through the atmosphere, and the distance of the fall should be greater in warm weather than in cold weather, so that the paraftin when it reaches the funnels M is at a temperature corresponding or nearly so to the crystallizing point, and in order to vary the distance through which the paran falls, the platform K may be raised or lowered, or the tank B and the pipe F therewith connected may be raised or lowered, or the volume of paraflinissuingfrom each of the cocks D may be regulated so that by the melted wax running slower there will be more IOO I opportunity for the atmosphere to act in cooling the paraffin as it falls down from the spreader 7 to the funnel M or trough.

By the present improvement the paraffin will pass into the barrels at such a low temperature as to congeal by contact with the insides of such barrels, and hence the paraiiin will seal up any cracks or interstices in the barrels and the paraffin will not flow out from the same; and I iind it advantageous to fill the barrels through an opening in the top head and to set such barrels aside over night if possible, so that the paraffin has the opportunity to shrink and consolidate, and by bringing such barrels into position Linder the funnels M, paraffin can be supplied into such barrels to entirely fill the same so that there may be no lost space in transportation and the staves can be readily stripped o the block of paraihn when the same is to be made use of in the arts.

This improvement allows me to effect a great saving by employing barrels of inferior quality ,for receiving and shipping the paraffin, instead of being obliged as heretofore to use barrels that are substantially tight to prevent the melted paraffin running through the interstices.

If the attendant discovers that the Wax in the barrels does not congeal with sufficient rapidity, the flow of the melted wax can be regulated by the rods 5 and cocks D. It will be apparent that the barrels might be filled through holes in the staves at the bilge if so desired.

By the presentimprovement a great saving is effected in the labor required in filling and packing the parafliu crystals into the barrels, and in consequence of the parain or wax being very compact within the barrels and the barrels entirely filled there is no loss in transportation.

In cases where a pump is used to elevate the paraflin the same may flow from the discharge pipe of the pump into the vessel or tank B, or it may pass directly into the pipe F by a pipe shown by dotted lines at S.

I claim as my invention- 1. The method herein specified of barreling paraffin or similar material, consisting in melting the paraliinrunning the same from an elevated vessel, discharging the parain in small streams or thin layers, allowing the same to fall through the atmosphere the necessary distance for parting with the required amount of heat and receiving such material into barrels at a temperature corresponding or nearly so to the crystallizing or consolidating point of the wax, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination in an apparatus for ba rreling para'liin and similar material, of an elevated tank for receiving the melted wax, a cock and horizontal pipe through which the paraiiin is allowed to flow, discharge cocks connected with the horizontal pipe, barrels and funnels or troughs for directing the material into the barrels, such paraiin or similar material being allowed to fall through the atmosphere a sufiicient distance for reducing the temperature of the melted wax to the point of crystallization or nearly so, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination in an apparatus for barreling paraffin and similar material, of an elevated tank for receiving the melted wax, a cock and horizontal pipe through which the paraiin is allowed to flow,discharge cocks connected with the horizontal pipe, and spreaders upon which the melted wax is received from the cocks, barrels and funnels or troughs for directing the material into the barrels, such paraffin or similar material being allowed to fall through the atmosphere a suficient distance for reducing the temperature of the melted wax to the point of crystallization or nearly so, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination in an apparatus for barreling paraffin and similar material, of a pipe through which the paraffin is allowed to flow, discharge cocks connected with the pipe, barrels and funnels or troughs for directing the material into the barrels, such paraffin or similar material being allowed to fall through the atmosphere a suflicient distance for reducing the temperature of the melted wax to the point of crystallization or nearly so, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 8th day of October, 1894.

CHARLES CLINTON BURKE.

Witnesses:

S. T. HAvrLAND, WILLIAM G. MOTT. 

